Site Themes

After Neopets revamped the whole site on April 26, 2007, we were given the gift of site themes! For those of you who don't know, they replaced the old sidebars. You can still view the old sidebars here with the icons as well as the rotating images.

Site themes are typically obtained through purchasing Neopets products in real life, participating in plots, or (in the case of the Valentine's Day site theme) using a virtual item. You can see how many site themes a user has by looking at their user lookup in the the "Collections" module. (It's right below the stamp count.)

Some site themes have "special effects." For example, the Happy Birthday site theme increases the rate of random events. Some site themes are rumoured to have special effects, such as the Valentine's Day site theme.

To change your site theme, you can click here to go to the Site Preferences page and change it! You are given ten themes by default, which can be seen by clicking here. Below is an example of what a site theme looks like in action. (The random image in the footer was removed from the example. They're shown below the notification icons above the footer in this guide.) You can click on the headers, footers and random images to view the original image.

Regular Notifications

You have received a Neomail.

You have been accepted as a NeoFriend!

You have received a request to be NeoFriended.

Your opponent has accepted your Battle Challenge.

You have been challenged by another user in the Battledome!

You have received a warning from Neopets!

You have received an item!

Your offer on a trade has been accepted OR This trade has been cancelled by the owner.

Your offer on a trade has been rejected.

Your trade has been offered on by another user.

One of the offers on one of your trades has been withdrawn.

Somebody has offered a pet for you to adopt OR the person you offered your pet to has accepted/rejected the pet. (This icon is the same in every theme.)

Battlegrounds: The Sway

Festival of Neggs

This site theme was awarded for collecting all the hidden plastic neggs in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Festival of Neggs on the day they were released.

Quizara's Curse

This site theme is awarded automatically after you redeem the four prize codes given to you when playing the LeapFrog game Quizara's Curse. This theme is still available if you can track down a copy of the game to play.

Daily Dare

This site theme was awarded with certain prize tiers at the end of the annual Daily Dare.

Puzzle Adventure

This site theme can be obtained by redeeming the tenth code given to you through playing the Neopets: Puzzle Adventure video game. In the PC version, you are given this code as part of the storyline; however, in the DS version, you will need to complete a multiplayer match in order to receive it. This theme is still available if you can track down a copy of the game to play.

Neopets Purple

This site theme is obtained by viewing the pet lookup of any purple pet with a purple petpet attached. (You can click here for one!)

Altadorian Constellations

For this site theme, you have to complete the Altador Mini-Plot. This is the only plot-related site theme that is still open for users to obtain.

Altador Cup

This site theme is awarded for participating in the annual Altador Cup.

Space Faerie Premium

This site theme is obtained by being a Neopets Premium Member and referring five (5) paying members to Premium. As of 2012, with the release of the new Premium service, all Premium members are awarded this site theme.

Valentine's Day

This site theme can only be obtained on Valentine's Day (February 14th) by sending another Neopian the item A Mysterious Valentines Card. Both you and the recipient will receive the theme. This item must be sent by a person without the site theme in order for any of the two users to get the theme. If you already have it and you send it to someone on the 14th, the other person will receive the card itself and not the site theme. The card will disappear after being used to obtain the theme.

Winter Holiday

This site theme was originally awarded through a random event on Terror Mountain. It is now released annually as a prize from the Advent Calendar. There are requirements for getting this site theme, but they are not confirmed at this time. However, it seems that you are more likely to get the theme if you collect prizes from the Advent Calendar every day during the Winter Starlight Festival.

Happy Birthday

You get to use this site theme on two dates, the first being Neopets' Birthday (on November 15th) and the second being your birthday. This site theme increases your chances of receiving a random event. This site theme is the only one not unlockable for permanent use.

Haunted Woods

This site theme is awarded by refreshing on Neopets at 11:59pm NST on October 31st. This site theme was also given out for winning the First Random Contest.

Daily Dare: Chadley

Tyrannia: Mysterious Obelisk

Treasure Keepers

This site theme was awarded for completing the Treasure Keepers tutorial and redeeming the code after unlocking the Open For Business achievement. The game is no longer available to be played, and old codes from the game cannot even be redeemed any longer.

Krawk Island

This site theme was awarded for completing tasks on the day of their release during the Krawk Island Disappearance event. (Awarding of this may be glitched for some users.)

The Faeries' Ruin

This site theme was a plot prize for participating in the Faeries' Ruin plot.